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ikkibawiKrrr

About: Ikkibawikrrr (formed in 2020) is a visual research collective. Currently made up of members KO Gyeol, KIM Jungwon, and CHO Jieun, ikkibawikrrr explores the multifaceted links between plants and humanity, civilization and natural phenomena, and colonialism and ecology. In Korean, ikkibawi refers to a “moss-covered rock” and krrr is an onomatopoeic term representative of the sound made by a rolling object. Moss exists at the border between air and soil, adapting to the environment through the tiny bodies within it and expanding its world according to its surrounding circumstances. Researching the tropics and seaweed as well as collaborating with local farmers, ikkibawikrrr aims to apply this method of survival to the collective’s projects and approach to its work. Central to ikkibawikrrr’s practices is the significance of this moss-informed way of life itself as it becomes a part of a movement and broadens border spaces. The members of ikkibawikrrr were previously part of the collective mixrice. Primarily engaging with different forms of migration, mixrice focused on plants, community, and temporality in its later practice. These interests and discussions have carried over into ikkibawikrrr’s present work.

The collective’s major exhibitions include Documenta 15: Lumbung (Kassel, Germany), The 14th Gwangju Biennale: Soft and Weak like Water (Gwangju, South Korea), Michikusa: Walks with the Unknown (Mito City, Japan), Cosmopolis #1—Collective Intelligence (Paris, France), Korea Artist Prize 2016 (Seoul, South Korea), Sharjah Biennial 12 (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates), nnncl & mixrice (Seoul, South Korea), and The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (Brisbane, Australia).

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Solo Exhibition

2018
Migrating Flavours, Eastside Projects, Birmingham (England)
2010
Transversal Project—mixrice report: welcome, my friend!, Art Space Pool, Seoul
2009
Dish Antenna, Alternative Space Pool, Seoul
2002
Lucky Seoul: Alternative Space Network, Alternative Space Pool, Seoul

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Group Exhibition

2023
The 14th Gwangju Biennale: Soft and Weak like Water, Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall, Gwangju
2023
The 40th EVA International, various venues, Limerick (Ireland)
2023
The 12th Mediacity Biennale: This Too, Is a Map, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
2022
Documenta 15: Lumbung, various venues, Kassel (Germany)
2022
RESBAKan Solidarity Event: Lumbung Film, University of the Philippines Film Institute, Quezon City (Philippines)
2020
Things Entangling: A Collaboration Between MOT and KADIST, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo (Japan)
2020
Michikusa: Walks with the Unknown, Contemporary Art Gallery at Art Tower Mito, Mito City (Japan)
2019
play:ground, Wooran Foundation, Seoul
2019
Migration: Speaking Nearby, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju
2019
Moving and Migration: Stories from a Place to Other, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art, Kaohsiung City (Taiwan)
2017
Cosmopolis #1—Collective Intelligence, Centre Pompidou, Paris (France)
2017
The 6th Asian Art Biennial: Negotiating the Future, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung City (Taiwan)
2017
Culture City of East Asia 2017, Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto (Japan)
2016
Korea Artist Prize 2016, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
2016
Sonsbeek ’16: transACTION, Park Sonsbeek and Museum Arnhem, Arnhem (Netherlands)
2015
Sharjah Biennial 12: The Past, the Present, the Possible, various venues, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)
2015
nnncl&mixrice, Atelier Hermes Korea, Seoul
2013
Jakarta Biennale 2013: Siasat (Strategies), Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta (Indonesia)
2012
Being Political Popular: South Korean Art at the Intersection of Popular Culture and Democracy, 1980-2010, University Art Gallery at UC Irvine, Irvine (United States)
2012
The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (Australia)